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Midweek Video: Obama’s Clean Power Plan

Sarah Oberklaid - August 05, 2015

On Monday, President Obama and the Environmental Protection Agency announced the Clean Power Plan, the first national standards to reduce carbon pollution from power plants in the United States. The Plan establishes a target for power plants to cut greenhouse gas emissions to 32 percent below 2005 levels within 15 years. The measures will direct investment to clean energy technologies. In this video, President Obama outlines why the Plan is critical for our future.